Sequential Bible Reading in Early Modern England

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 15; p. 64
• Main Author: Owens, W R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2011
• Subjects: Bible; British & Irish literature; Bunyan, John (1628-1688); English literature

[...]there are problems in accepting its account of how the Bible was read, and in particular its argument that Protestant denominations shared with Roman Catholicism 'an emphasis upon techniques of discontinuous reading', and that nonsequential reading practices remained central 'to...